NOTICE: Do not touch the gold contact area on the cartridges.
6Insert the new cartridges. Make sure the color ink cartridge is secure in the left carrier and the black cartridge is secure in the right carrier, and then snap the lids closed.
7Lift the printer (scanner unit) and push the scanner support back while lowering the printer (scanner unit) until it is closed.
Aligning the ink cartridges
There are two instances when you will align your ink cartridges: after installing cartridges and to improve print quality.
To align the ink cartridges:
1Load plain paper in the printer. For help, see page 12.
2Open the Dell Printer Solution Center. For help, see page 8.
3From the Maintenance tab, click Align to fix blurry edges.
4Click Print.
An alignment page prints.
5To manually align your cartridges, select the best alignment values from the alignment page.
a Find the number under the darkest arrow for each alignment group.
b Use the arrows in the Align Cartridges dialog box to select the number that matches the arrow you chose from the printed page.
c Once you have selected a number for each of the alignment groups, click OK.
NOTE: If the alignment page does not print, make sure you have completely removed the stickers and transparent tape from both ink cartridges, and then try to align the cartridges again.
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